Shoe-polishing apparatus.



F. A. SCHWAHTFAGER.

SHOE POLISHING APPARATUS.

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I SHOE-POLISI-IING APPARATUS,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Application led October 7, 1916. Serial No. 124,218.

To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. SOHWARTFAGER, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Polishing Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, concise,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to shoe polishing apparatus and employs a footpiece and a wiper mounted adjacent the foot piece whereby a shoe placedupon the footV piece may be polished.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the foot piece is operatedin a downward direction by the pressure Vof the foot thereupon and isrestored to its upper position by means of a retractile spring.

The wiper employed is preferably in the form of a band of cloth or othersuitable polishing material and there is provided in conjunction withthis cloth wiper a. means for forming a bight in the wiper which changescorrespondingly to the changing positions of the foot piece in itsvertical travel and in which shifting bight the shoe is disposed. Theends of the wiper are stationary in the operation of the apparatus andtheir anchorages are nearly in line with the foot piece whereby thebight that receives the shoe or the portion of the wiper engaging theshoe is under substantially uniform tension through the range of travelVof the foot piece, these normally stationary anchorages of the ends ofthe wiper and their substantial alinement with the foot piece beingimportant irrespective of the means for forming the shifting shoereceiving bight in the wiper. One end of the wiper is equipped with atension producing device that is desirably in the form of a. spring andin order that the tension may be adjustable, the spring has one endconnected with one end of the wiper and its other end connected with anadjustable arm that may be moved to different positions to adjust thetension of the spring and the consequent pressure of the wiper upon theshoe being Y polished. Y

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanyingdrawing showing the preferred embodiment thereof and in which Figure 1is a view inside elevation showing the shoe in position to be polished;Fig. 2 is a front view of the structure as it appears in Fig. 1; andFig. 3 is a sectional plan view on line 3 3 of F ig. 2.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe dilferent figures.

The foot piece 1 is desirably formed of strap iron and has an upwardextension 2 that is secured to the lower end of a restoring orretractile coil spring 3 whose upper end is secured to a stationaryanchorage 4. The foot piece forms the upper side of a frame that hasremaining sides 5, 6 and 7, the frame side 7 being continued along theside of the extension 2 to which it is riveted. The frame side 7 carriesa flattened sleeve 8 which is thus attached to the foot piece l andwhose bore receives an upright guide 9, the anchorage 4 and the guide 9being desirably integrally formed out of a piece of strap iron which isanchored at intervals to a suitable support 10 terminating in a pedestal1l at its lower end and in a handle 12 at its upper end, the handlebeing provided for the grasp of the user of the apparatus to enable himto steady himself upon one foot while the shoe upon the other is beingpolished. By downward pressure upon the foot piece it may be depressedagainst the force of the spring 3 and when this pressure is suiticientlyremoved the spring 3 will draw the foot piece upwardly. By alternatedownward pressure and relief of such pressure the foot piece may berapidly reciprocated in a substantially vertical direction. Thisreciprocation is eifected in the presence of a wiper that will rubagainst the shoe, indicated at 13, that is upon the foot piece, thiswiper being desirably in the form of a band 14 that is preferably madeof cloth. This band is desirably formed with a loop 15 at its lower end,through which the stationary anchorage 16 is passed, this stationaryanchorage being desirably a continuation of the strap iron out of whichthe anchorage 4 and the `guide 9 are formed. A normally stationaryanchorage 17 is provided for the upper end of the band, the anchorages16 and 17 being substantially in alinement with the foot piece 1throughout the range of vertical. movement of the latter. By thisarrangement the band or wiper is maintained in frictional Contact withthe shoe being polished, the pressure of this frictional contact beingsubstantially conetant. In the preferred embodiment of the i attachedand whose inner end is pivotally secured to the support 10 at 20. Anupright rack bar 21 depends from the anchorage l and is positionedbetween the pivot and the upper end of the spring 19, the

anchorage arm 17 being engageable with theV diii'erent teeth upon therack bar to regulate the tension of the spring 19,- said arm beingmovable in a vertical plane.

A bight forming element or bar 22, preferably non-rotatable, is securedat the outer end of a bracket 23 that is carried by and projects fromthe frame sides 5, 7 so as to travel with the foot piece. The bightforming element 22 is desirably rounded and the wiping band is sinuouslydisposed over the foot piece 1 where the shifting shoe receiving bight131 is Jformed and over the element 22 where another bight 221 isformed, and,- as this big'ht forming element is below the level of thefoot piece 1, the top and sides of the front of the shoe and the to'e ofthe shoe 13 are snugly received in the bight 131 so that all theseportions of the shoe are subject to frictional engagement by the wipingband to polish these shoe portions as the shoe is rapidly elevated andlowered. In this polishing operation the tension to which the spring 19is adjusted is not modified materially owing to the substantialalinement of the foot piece 1 and the anchorages 16 and 17. In order toprevent the wiping band from slipping from the bight forming element 22the sides of the bracket 23 are joined by a cross piece 24, a slot beingestablished between the cross piece and the bight forming element 22through which the wiping band passes'.

In the use oli the apparatus the anchoragearm 17 is lowered to a pointwhere the tension of the spring 19 is totally relieved and suilicientslack is afforded in the wiping band readily to permit of theinterposition of the shoe to be polished between the wiping band and thefoot piece whereai'ter the anchorage arm 17 is raised into engagementwith that tooth upon the vertical rack bar 21 that will enable thespring 19 to place the desired degree of tension upon the wiping band toproduce the required rpolishing pressure o't' this band upon the shoebeing polished.

lVhile I have herein shown and particulai-ly described the preferredembodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to theV precisedetails of constructionrshown as changes may readily be made withoutdepartingfrom the spirit of invention, but having thus described myinvention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent theollowing:-

1. A shoe polishing apparatus including a Avertically reciprocable footpiece operable by a ioot, placed thereupon, in a downward direction; aspring for moving the foot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacent the path of travel ofthe foot piece and having normallystationary anchorages;` aV bight forming element moving with the footpiece and forming a bight in the wiping band above the foot piece forreceiving the shoe thatV is upon the i'oot piece, a tensionV spring forsupplying tension to the wipingv band; and means whereby the tension ofthe tension'spring may be adjusted.

2.- A; shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically recipro'cablefoot piece operable by a foot, placed thereupon, in a downwarddirection; a spring for moving the foot piece upwardly; a wiping banddisposed adjacent the path of travel of the foot piece and havingnormally stationary anchorages; a bight forming element forming a bightin the wiping band above the foot piece for receiving the shoe that isupon the foot piece; a teil'- sion spring fork supplying tension tothewiping band; and means whereby the tension ofthe spring may be adjusted.

.3. A shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically reciprocable footpiece operable Y by a foot, placed thereupon, in a downward direction; aspring for moving the foot piece upwardly; a wiping banddisposedadjacent the path of travel of the foot piece; a bight forming elementmoving with the foot piece and forming a bight in the wiping band abovethe foot piece for receiving the shoe that is upon the foot piece; atension spring for' supplying tension to the wiping band; and meanswhereby the tension of the tension spring may be adjusted.

4.' A- shoo polishingapparatus including a vertically reciprocable foot.piece-operable by a foot, placed thereupom in a downward direction; aspring for moving vthe `toot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacenttlie path of travel of vthe foot piece; a bight forming* elementforming af bight in the wiping'band above the foot piece for rcc'eivingthe vshoe that is upon the foot piece; tension spring -l'or supplyingtension to the wiping band;V and means wherebyV the tension of thetension *spring may be adjusted.` 5. A; shoe polishing apparatusincluding a lie vertically reciproca'ble `toot piece operable v by afoot, placed thereupon, in a downward direction; a spring for moving thefoot piece upwardly 5, a. wiping band disposed adjacent the path oftravel of thev foot piece and having normally stationary anchorages; abight forming'element moving with the toot piece and forming a bight inthe wiping band above the foot piece for receiving the shoe that is uponthe foot piece; and a tension spring for supplying tension to the wipingband.

6. A shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically reciprocable tootpiece operable by a foot, placed thereupon, in a downward direction; aspring for moving the foot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacent the path et travel ol the toot piece and having normallystationary anchorages; a bight forming element forming a bight in thewiping band above the foot piece for receiving the shoe that is upon thefoot piece; and a tension spring for supplying tension to the wipingband.

7. A shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically reciprocable footpiece operable by a foot; placed thereupon, in a downward direction; aspring 'for moving the :toot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacent the path oir' travel of the toot piece; a bight forming elementmoving with the foot piece and forminga bight in the wiping band abovethe foot piece for receiving the shoe that is upon the foot piece; and atension spring Jfor supplying tension to the wiping band.

S. A shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically reciproc-able footpiece operable by a foot, placed thereupon, in a downward direction; aspring for moving the foot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacent the path of travel of the foot piece; a bight forming elementforming a bight in the wiping band above the l'oot piece for receivingthe shoe that is upon the foot piece; and a tension spring for supplyingtension to the wiping band.

9. A shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically reciprocable footpiece operable by a foot, placed thereupon, in a downward direction; aspring for moving the ioot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacent the path of travel of the foot piece and having normallystationary anchorages; and a bight forming element moving with the footpiece and forming a bight in the wiping clement above the foot piece forreceiving the shoe that is upon the foot piece.

10. A shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically reciprocable footpiece operable by a foot, placed thereupon, in a downward direction; aspring for moving the foot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacent the path of travel of the foot piece and having normallystationary anchorages; and a bight forming element forming a bight inthe wiping band above the foot piece for receiving the shoe that is uponthe foot piece.

11. A shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically reciprocable 'footpiece operable by a foot, placed thereupon7 in a downward direction; aspring for moving the foot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacent the path of travel of the foot piece; and a bight formingelement moving with the foot piece and forming a bight in the wipingband above the foot piece for receiving the shoe that is upon the :tootpiece.

12. A shoe polishing apparatus including a vertically reciprocable footpiece operable by a foot, placed thereupon; in a downward direction; aspring for moving the foot piece upwardly; a wiping band disposedadjacent the path of travel of the foot piece; and a bight formingelement forming a bight in the wiping band above the foot piece forreceiving the shoe that is upon the foot piece.

18. A shoe polishing apparatus including a reciprocable foot piece; awiping band disposed adjacent the path of travel of the foot piece andhaving normally stationary anchorages; a bight forming element movingwith the foot piece and forming a bight in the wiping band above the'foot piece for receiving the shoe that is upon the foot piece; and atension spring for supplying tension to the wiping band.

14. A shoe polishing apparatus including a reciprocable foot piece; awiping band disposed adjacent the path of travel of the foot piece; abight forming element moving with the foot piece and forming a bight inthe wiping band above the :toot piece for receiving the shoe that isupon the foot piece; and a tension spring for supplying tension tothewiping band.

15. A shoe polishing apparatus including a reciprocable foot piece; awiping band disposed adjacent the path of travel of the foot piece andhaving normally stationary anchorages; and a bight forming elementmoving with the foot piece and forming a bight in the wiping band abovethe foot piece for receiving the shoe that is upon the foot piece.

16. A shoe polishing apparatus including a reciprocable foot piece; awiping band disposed adjacent the path of travel oli the foot piece; anda bight forming element moving with the foot piece and forming` a bightin the wiping band above the foot piece for receiving the shoe that isupon the foot piece.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this fifth day ofOctober A. D., 1916.

FREDERI 0K A. SCHWARTFAGER.

Witnesses:

G. L. CRAGG, E. L. WHITE.

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